Ai Kagase
Latest contributions
Challenging situations in mitral valve interventions
18 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
This selection of cases showcases a number of challenging situations in mitral valve interventions and how best to resolve them. Among such complications are a severe afterload mismatch following M-TEER in functional mitral regurgitation, a detached clip in the left atrium, and more.
Tricuspid and other structural interventions
18 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
In this series of submitted cases, explore challenges and bailouts around tricuspid valve intervention and other forms of structural interventions. Learn about a percutaneous solution to acute traumatic pulmonary regurgitation, a rare complication of inadequate sealing caused by anchor slip through the fabric part in a...
TAVI in small annulus and coronary artery disease - Session with LIVE case
19 Feb 2023 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2023
Watch the complex case of an 84-year-old woman with hypertension, type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease who presented with worsening NYHA class II-III exertional dyspnoea, but no angina, and find out how she was treated LIVE.

Complication and bailout of mitral valve intervention
18 Feb 2023 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2023
Experience the high-stakes world of bailouts of mitral valve intervention in this session: witness the intricate management of unexpected final arm angle during MitraClip procedure, delve into the challenges posed by an obstructive valve thrombosis of a bioprosthetic mitral valve, and uncover the complexities of takotsubo...
TAVI in a patient with heavily calcified valve anatomy - LIVE case
18 Feb 2023 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2023
An 80-year-old male with chronic kidney disease and interstitial pneumonia treated under steroids presented a symptomatic severe aortic stenosis with massive calcifications on the valves and only on the valves (not the LVOT).
Watch the operators implant a Sapien 3 23 mm (-1cc) with a predilatation (Balloon...

Case-based challenging heart team decisions in combined structural heart diseases
25 Sep 2021 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2021
Watch this case-based session on combined structural heart diseases to discover what is the heart team approach for complex structure heart diseases, as well as how to manage a patient with multiple diseases.

Shared decision making in low-risk patients with aortic stenosis
16 Feb 2020 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2020
Consult this session to discover how the concept of low-risk applies in Asian clinical practice, what is the impact of the TAVI low-risk trials on the management of individual patients, and learn more about the future role of the Heart Team.

Challenging cases
15 Feb 2020 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2020
Consult this session to discover challenging TAVI cases and high-risk procedures, regarding pulmonic valve stenosis and PPM, calcific aortic stenosis, degenerative aortic stenosis, and more. Watch it now to discover the chosen treatment!
